The spare
In any sufficiently large group of people, one person will be the spare. To determine who the spare is, imagine that the group is in this situation
You are being chased by brain eating zombies. They are gaining on you. You have a shotgun with one shell.
The spare is the person you shoot in the leg so that the zombies stop to eat, allowing you to escape. Once consensus is reached that you are the spare, there is no appeal. If by chance your group is chased by zombies, and you sacrifice your spare, a new spare must be chosen.
Now, you can watch a simulation of this process here.
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Corollary to the Axiom of the
Corollary to the Axiom of the Spare:
If you look around the room, and can't tell who the spare is, make sure to leave before the zombies arrive.